Category: empowerment

Update from Moses, our Communications Director That guy beside me (Mwangi) had lived on the streets for quite a long time. He had abused most of the drugs substances, slept outside in the cold for years, fought some war to save himself and install his authority within his gang. Last year November after #FIKISHACamp his main goal[…]

Together we celebrate all the goodness and growth we found in 2017! Thank you for being a part of it! For our team, it was a period of deepening our relationships and growing the impact. (And literally grew with the addition of 2 babies!)

How do you recognize a hero? If there is one thing we know about heroes, it’s that heroes GIVE. Heroes are considered heroes because they put the needs of someone else before their own. These actions are looked upon by the world and as a people, we are amazed at the strength strength and bravery displayed. And[…]

I Want to Be a Pediatrician Growing up on the streets, the journey towards a better life seems like a far-fetched dream for many youth children. Most street youth can only aspire and trust God to do the rest. For Esther Njeri Wambui, her dreams are now closer to reality because of her opportunity[…]

School Makes All the Difference All children have the right to an education, yet often school systems do not accommodate highly vulnerable street children who may need it the most. Street children are routinely denied the opportunity to grow and develop through education due to a variety of barriers including discrimination and suspicion, unacceptability, and[…]

Purpose Meets Determination Human nature is driven by five basic needs: love and belonging, survival, power, freedom and fun. In most cases when love and a sense of belonging are taken away what is left behind can merely sustain you. You cannot thrive. Love has a way of transforming lives. Meet Kevin Kiasi, or[…]

Cake Affair It was a cake affair at the FIKISHA Rehabilitation Program. When you were young, can you remember how special your birthday was? The beauty of birthdays is often lost by failing to cherish the joys of things as ordinary as cake. For many of the young people we meet through FIKISHA, the very[…]